“Teaching personal finance, economics and business in schools is a fundamental task in our hypercompetitive world, yet too few of our schools are on board. In 2011, just 22 states required a high school course in economics and just 14 states required the offering of a course in personal finance, according to research from the Council for Economic Education (CEE). These classes offer a solid foundation for studying our ever-globalizing world and guidance on dealing with tempting credit card offers hitting students’ mail boxes at age 18.”